{"id":32643,"date":"2023-11-18T14:32:27","date_gmt":"2023-11-18T14:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/?p=32643"},"modified":"2025-10-20T16:31:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T15:31:30","slug":"politics-of-absurdity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/politics-of-absurdity\/","title":{"rendered":"The Politics of Absurdity"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"John<\/a>
John Gray<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

‘When men stop believing in God they don’t believe in nothing; they believe in anything.’ (Widely attributed to G.K.Chesterton.)<\/p>\n

Let’s tie this in with a proposition from political philosopher John Gray. who says liberalism is finished and politically, ‘We\u2019re entering an age of absurdity’.<\/p>\n

For example, in ‘Unherd’ Prof Gray tells Freddie Sayers<\/strong><\/a>, \u2018in Germany, the result of their closing down of nuclear and going for renewables has been an increased reliance on the dirtiest kind of coal\u2019. Germany is not alone in such absurdity.<\/p>\n

Not Counting the Cost<\/h2>\n

The Lord Jesus asked:<\/p>\n

Luke 14:28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?<\/b><\/p>\n

The answer is, \u2018British politicians and their civil servants\u2019. They never counted the cost of their net zero policies. Their policy of replacing all gas and oil boilers with electric heat-pumps by some date plucked out of the air looks more unrealistic with each day that passes. They also commanded that all vehicles sold after 2030 should be electric. They are now pushing that back five years<\/strong><\/a> in the face of growing consumer reluctance to splash out on EV’s<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Government decision alone makes Professor Gray\u2019s point. It is policy made up on the hoof. 2040 became 2030, then 2030 becomes 2035 overnight. The policy has no rational basis. Did our leaders ever think Net Zero through as the Lord Jesus assumed any normal person would?<\/p>\n

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Did they count the cost of the necessary infrastructure, assess generating capacity and cover for wind and solar, the environmental impact of EV batteries, the effect on UK security and jobs if it were all made overseas, or the effect of heavier vehicles on our roads? Did they ask the public if they wanted to pay thousands of pounds a year for net zero, travel less, eat less and turn the heating down while they dine well and pat each other on the back at their COP meetings before flying home in their private jets? Did a demand for personal privation in a quixotic campaign to eliminate CO2 ever appear in a manifesto? The answer to all these questions is \u2018No\u2019.<\/p>\n

They allow solar panels on good farmland and pay speculators to plant trees on it, so a better tree is cut down in Brazil to provide the food we should have raised. It is beyond incompetent. It is a belief in absurdity.<\/p>\n

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Politics of absurdity<\/h2>\n

At his coronation just five months ago, King Charles reaffirmed our Christian constitution. His Majesty promised to \u2018maintain the laws of God and the true profession of the Gospel\u2019. But whether he honours that pledge or not is constitutionally delegated to a group of ambitious, ruthless, self-absorbed, self-serving, not necessarily very bright, often potty-mouthed and only occasionally God-fearing men and women whom we call ‘The King’s Ministers’.<\/p>\n

Archbishop Welby reminded the king to be a servant to the people. Is impoverishing the population and enriching the elites by absurd policies part of that job description?<\/p>\n

Luke 10:27 And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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So apart from Net Zero, what absurdities do the politicians who have ceased to believe in God now believe? They believe that a man may declare himself a woman or that a woman can sport male genitalia. Leading civil servants admit this politics of absurdity runs all through the corridors of power. Indeed, the MOD\u2019s JSP 889 shows trans ideology is now the policy of His Majesty\u2019\u2019s Government<\/strong><\/a>. Who allowed that to happen?<\/p>\n

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The Bible says it is God who decides the sexes, not us:<\/p>\n

Gen 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.<\/b><\/p>\n

The Prophet Isaiah even foresaw our day and prophesied against such absurdity:<\/p>\n

Isa 45:9 Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! … Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands? 10 Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Why do the Government not allow parents to see Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) materials taught to their children? Who thought it would be a good idea to allow sex educators to tell children bare-faced lies or encourage them to \u2018socially transition\u2019 to the opposite sex? One paper reports<\/strong><\/a> this is happening in primary schools right now.<\/p>\n

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The Government promised guidance to stop that. They have failed to publish it because it may contravene the Equality Act. They have been in office for thirteen years and they have only just noticed the absurdity of the Equality Act? And they lack the wisdom and courage to do anything about it.<\/p>\n

Arrogance, stupidity and dishonesty<\/h2>\n

The Equality Act compels public authorities to promote homosexuality and gender reassignment. Great Britain legalised abortion in 1967 but earlier this year parliament sided with those shedding innocent blood by enacting buffer zones around all abortion facilities<\/strong><\/a> in England and Wales.<\/p>\n

Not only are those who lead us so arrogant that they legalise things God says in his word are evil and even promote them here and abroad, not only are they so lacking in humility they distort the market by banning things God never banned, but they are so stupid they do not even cost it out and so lacking in wisdom they fail to think any of it through.<\/p>\n

On top of that, they lack the honesty to admit it. The same cocktail of arrogance, stupidity and deceit meant that they imposed Covid-19 lockdowns and restrictions in opposition to the laws of God. There was no cost-benefit analysis for any of it. Instead, those in office and their advisors gave contracts for largely unnecessary protective equipment to their friends. To the previous mix of arrogance, stupidity and dishonesty they added corruption.<\/p>\n

In addition, they imposed mRNA vaccines on care workers, NHS staff and on healthy young people<\/strong><\/a> who never needed them. That profited the pharmaceutical companies and those on our regulatory boards such as the MHRA<\/strong><\/a> with shares in them.<\/p>\n

Bribery and corruption are specifically condemned in the word of God:<\/p>\n

Exod 23:8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.<\/b><\/p>\n

Government doesn\u2019t have to be like this, but the only way out is for those in office to recognise they are human not divine, seek the Lord in humility and ask for his wisdom. It is written:<\/p>\n

Prov 9:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.<\/b><\/p>\n

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God longs to bless us<\/h2>\n

We serve a God who loves the whole of life, who is concerned about nations, families and individuals. God gave us righteous laws to live by and to ensure a stable society, knowing we could never find them out by experiment. Information Theory teaches that no human brain can ever understand the human brain. How much less can human beings understand human society. We need a higher intelligence for that, which means a Creator God. Men may think they know better than God, but trying to go their own way brings instability and destruction:<\/p>\n

Proverbs 14:12 (cf 16:25) There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the Bible we read about King Rehoboam, who, like today\u2019s rulers, made a stupid decision which cost him dearly. But he came to his senses, and we read:<\/p>\n

2Chron 12:12 And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, that he would not destroy him altogether: and also in Judah things went well.<\/b><\/p>\n

We love our nation and we want things to go well, so we pray our leaders will humble themselves and seek the Lord, by the grace of God.<\/p>\n

A bit of good news<\/h2>\n

At a personal level, Christianity teaches that your sin separates you from God, but that if you believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, he will forgive your sin and give you the power of the Holy Spirit to live a new, better, forgiven life. The first public words of Jesus, recorded in Mark’s Gospel, are a command:<\/p>\n

Mark 1:15: \u2018The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent ye and believe the Gospel\u2019.<\/b><\/p>\n

The Gospel of Jesus Christ brings forgiveness and salvation, healing and deliverance. Whatever sin or spiritual power is holding you back, you will find release and freedom in Jesus to live life to the full. Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ today, make him your Saviour and Lord and he will show you his purpose for your life.<\/p>\n

Summing up<\/h2>\n

Politicians in our constitutionally-Christian United Kingdom have ditched Christianity, wisdom and \u2019love thy neighbour\u2019 and are now floundering in absurdity and what they can get away with. The Bible says:<\/p>\n

Hosea 4:10 For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Whether it\u2019s net zero, the trans debate, sex education, buffer zones or Covid, those who lead us lurch from one disaster to the next, clueless and only out for themselves.<\/p>\n

2Thess 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:<\/strong><\/p>\n

We call on our politicians, their advisors and civil servants to turn away from godlessness and stupidity and honour the King of kings. Only then will our nation be blessed. And that is why we pray for them.<\/p>\n

Are you for wisdom or absurdity? For people or elites? Because you can\u2019t have it both ways.\u00a0 Professor Gray just happens to be an atheist, albeit a mild one,<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0but the Lord has used him to make a very Christian point.<\/p>\n

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